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Sen. MORE (D-Conn.) blasted President Trump’s speech to a crowd of Boy Scouts as “icky” on Monday night. “As a Scout leader, my stomach is in knots about what Trump did today. If you haven't watched it yet, don't.

President Trump on Monday announced that he will nominate two former Republican lawmakers to posts in his administration. Former Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle (R-N.Y.) will be nominated to serve as the chairwoman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, which she has been the acting director for since February.

Sen. MORE (R-Texas) denied Monday night that the Trump administration is considering him as a possibility for attorney general, saying he is focused on his position in the Senate. “NBC News.  “The stories being reported in the media tonight are false. My focus is and will remain on fighting every day to defend 28 million Texans in the U.S.

President Trump blasted The Washington Post in a series of tweets Monday night, accusing the newspaper of being a "lobbyist weapon" for Amazon. “The Amazon Washington Post fabricated the facts on my ending massive, dangerous, and wasteful payments to Syrian rebels fighting Assad…..,” Trump first tweeted. “So many stories about me in the [Washington Post] are Fake News. They are as bad as ratings challenged [CNN].

The chairman of the House Science Committee argued Monday that climate change is real and has numerous benefits in areas like agriculture and shipping. Rep.

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — This town is under siege from tiny invaders. A doctor at Southampton Hospital recently pulled a tick off a woman’s eyeball.

North Korea is the most reclusive country in the world, run by a repressive government accused of systemic human rights abuses. Last week, the United States barred Americans from traveling there, after the death of a college student who was detained in the country for 17 months. But a small number of tourists have gone despite the risks. We asked readers who had traveled to North Korea to tell us why they went and what they found.

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Just a few miles from where President Trump will address his blue-collar base here Tuesday night, exactly the kind of middle-class factory jobs he has vowed to bring back from overseas are going begging. It’s not that local workers lack the skills for these positions, many of which do not even require a high school diploma but pay $15 to $25 an hour and offer full benefits. Rather, the problem is that too many applicants — nearly half, in some cases — fail a drug test. The fallout is not limited to the workers or their immediate families.

LONDON — Michael Kors has picked out some new shoes to go with its handbags. On Tuesday, Michael Kors Holdings said it had agreed to buy the luxury shoe company Jimmy Choo for 896 million pounds, or about $1.2 billion, the latest push by an American luxury conglomerate to find sources of growth in an increasingly competitive retail landscape. Many upscale brands are grappling with plummeting sales and tepid profits.

Dear Match Book, Got anything in mind with an Emily Dickinson or Anne Carson slant? Most likely I’d expect this to yield poetry but I’m open to less compressed modes too, if they sing and soar. SARAH RAZOR